I thought both Barrie and Elliott held their own today. I thought all of the defense played decently.

It's not like Blues had all these awesome chances. Both teams had a few solid chances but it was a very uneventful game. Lots of cycling. Blues are a deeper team and is heavier on the forecheck and works harder on the backcheck. That's why they can dominate Avs during stretches, since we don't have the puck skill to counter attack.

Barrie played well, was confident with the puck, on the other hand Stef was a turnover machine, iced the puck often and wasn't connecting on his pass. He did look good on the lonely PP

Obviously we aren't looking great as a team as a whole, but I hope we keep stringing together wins.

I have tickets to the Avs game in Minnesota in March, and I would love for that game to actually mean something at that time. I was starting to get worried, but somehow we are finding ways to win games (Varly and Duchene). I just hope we keep 'er goin!

Avs were terrible first two periods, but were the better team in the 3rd period.

Screw tanking, I want this team to make the playoffs. I hope O'Reilly gets traded soon for a young player that can help this team immediately. A top 4 defenseman, along with the return of EJ, Lando, and eventually Wilson would really help this team.

Palushaj just isn't a good player.

Hopefully the Jones goal gets him going. I knew as soon as he cut to the middle he would score. He has a nasty shot but rarely gets it off.

Elliott had a better game but still is bad defensively.

Not much else to say about Varly other than he was awesome and kept the team in it.

To anyone who's pro-tank, nothing wrong with beating STL and PO'ing their fans in the mean time.

Also this frame of the hit...I think that's right under the chin not on it. Even if it does touch the skin a bit, I don't think you can refer to it as head contact. I don't really give a **** though, suspend him if you want or don't want. That's the beauty of a less significant player on a bad team injuring someone good on the other team:

Avs were terrible first two periods, but were the better team in the 3rd period.

Screw tanking, I want this team to make the playoffs. I hope O'Reilly gets traded soon for a young player that can help this team immediately. A top 4 defenseman, along with the return of EJ, Lando, and eventually Wilson would really help this team.

Palushaj just isn't a good player.

Hopefully the Jones goal gets him going. I knew as soon as he cut to the middle he would score. He has a nasty shot but rarely gets it off.

Elliott had a better game but still is bad defensively.

Not much else to say about Varly other than he was awesome and kept the team in it.

How can that be? True he was awful today, but he has been pretty solid in the rest of his games. I think he is kind of dumb defensively, but has good offensive instincts.

To anyone who's pro-tank, nothing wrong with beating STL and PO'ing their fans in the mean time.

Also this frame of the hit...I think that's right under the chin not on it. Even if it does touch the skin a bit, I don't think you can refer to it as head contact. I don't really give a **** though, suspend him if you want or don't want. That's the beauty of a less significant player on a bad team injuring someone good on the other team:

It's remarkably similar to the Landeskog hit sadly. His head was down, he turned into it, and he was already in a ****** position and sort of being lower than usual.. just a bad spot.

Stastny? I feelt like he had one of his ghost games. Had a chance in OT but that's it.

Stastny set up almost all of the scoring chances in regulation, there weren't many.. but most of our chances to score came when either he was on the ice, or McLeod and Olver were on the ice late in the game. Duchene's line was the invisible one this time.

How can that be? True he was awful today, but he has been pretty solid in the rest of his games. I think he is kind of dumb defensively, but has good offensive instincts.

Palushaj strikes me as a player that could look like a decent top 6 player on an absolutely terrible team, but the type that if you want your team to be any good he is in the minors. Kind of like Reinprecht post Avs days.

Avs were terrible first two periods, but were the better team in the 3rd period.

Screw tanking, I want this team to make the playoffs. I hope O'Reilly gets traded soon for a young player that can help this team immediately. A top 4 defenseman, along with the return of EJ, Lando, and eventually Wilson would really help this team.

Palushaj just isn't a good player.

Hopefully the Jones goal gets him going. I knew as soon as he cut to the middle he would score. He has a nasty shot but rarely gets it off.

Elliott had a better game but still is bad defensively.

Not much else to say about Varly other than he was awesome and kept the team in it.

I've been saying all along that the Avs aren't as bad as we have been making them out to be. We do have a ton of injuries, which is killing us from gaining any true momentum, but we do play hard on most nights. And I think a couple teams have taken us a bit lightly lately due to this.

If the Avs can continue to play .500 hockey until Landeskog, Johnson and Wilson all get back and we don't suffer any more injuries I can see us being a borderline playoff team. Especially if we trade O'Reilly in there somewhere and get some decent pieces to add to the lineup.

Varly is a very good goalie and can makeup for some short comings on defense. Obviously the defense needs to improve but getting Johnson and Wilson back would give us 2 solid pairings of Johnson-Wilson and Hejda-Barrie.

I just don't see any way that the Avs end up with a top 5 pick like so many in here think and are hoping for this year. Varly and Duchene won't lt it happen both have been in beast mode and seem willing to strap the team on their back.